Since 1968 or 69, almost 50 years now I’ve been hearing the descendants of Africans in the US described as an “internal colony.” Back in the day it seemed perfectly applicable.

Thought solemnity— bowed heads, hands held, streams of consciousness, Blessings counted the day before: Flowing water; No rockets’ red glare; No bombs bursting

“Pro-western Russian liberals are dismayed, insulted and angry at the non-stop lunacy churned out by U.S. media.”

“Our agenda includes topics whose importance and acuteness are beyond doubt and in which one concern is predominant: The Struggle.

“Very few white Americans stray far from this country’s racist origins.”